2005 Chevrolet Corvette Powertrain (other) Problems

Brake transmission interlock failed. Car wouldnt shift out of park.

NHTSA ID

11536670

Incident

Jul 30, 2023

The transmission shifter lock starts to sporadically not release keeping transmission in park (online many say this is a very common problem for 2005-08s, maybe more years), this could strand someone.

NHTSA ID

11438698

Incident

Sep 8, 2020

VEHICLE STARTS BUT WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. EVENTUALLY AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS OR LEAVING VEHICLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, RE-TRY AND ISSUE GOES AWAY. ISSUE HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND CANNOT BE REPLICATED EASILY.

NHTSA ID

11404402

Incident

Mar 20, 2021

Mileage

52,000 mi

AUTOMATIC SHIFT LEVER LOCKED IN PARK WHILE OUT SHOPPING AT A MALL. CORVETTE WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK, I SEE THIS IS A ISSUE WITH ALL THE C6 CORVETTES. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FIX FOR THESE CORVETTES

NHTSA ID

11268817

Incident

Jul 17, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED, SHUT OFF, AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO ASSIST. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

NHTSA ID

11242128

Incident

Jul 29, 2019

Mileage

85,000 mi

FREQUENTLY UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK ONCE THE CAR IS STARTED. SHIFT INTERLOCK SOLENOID SEEMS TO BE FAULTY. VEHICLE IS ALWAYS STATIONARY IN A PARKING SPACE. SOMETIMES I TURN IT OFF AND TRY AGAIN AND IT WORKS. VERY ANNOYING.

NHTSA ID

11174231

Incident

Jan 3, 2019

Mileage

50,000 mi

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEVER WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND INTO GEAR, LEAVING YOU STRANDED AND UNABLE TO MOVE FROM STREET.

NHTSA ID

11151892

Incident

Oct 5, 2018

Mileage

16,125 mi

UNABLE TO SHIP AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES I MUST USE OVER RIDE SYSTEM TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, START THE VEHICLE, THEN SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THIS ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BEFORE EVEN STARTING IT. SOMEONE COULD GET HIT AND INJURED. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER ON LEVEL SURFACE OR INCLINED SURFACE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAILURE IN THE TRANSMISSION NEUTRAL SAFETY SYSTEM.

NHTSA ID

11149845

Incident

Aug 5, 2013

Mileage

35,000 mi

TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A CHATTER NOISE AT IDLE AND WHEN STATIONARY. I'M TOLD THAT THE TORQUE TUBE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE CAR ONLY HAS 27,000 MILES AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE HAPPEN IF IT FAILS WHY YOU ARE DRIVING IT AND IT CAUSES MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE DRIVE TRAIN. IT IS A MAJOR PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN AND AN OBVIOUS DEFECT WITH THE CORVETTES AS NOTED IN THE FORUMS. A RECALL IS IN ORDER AND CHEVORLET NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND REPAIR THESE TO MAKE THIS CAR SAFER BEFORE SOME ONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE AT AROUND 3,000. A REPAIR THAT SHOULD NEVER NEED TO BE DONE ON A LOW MILEAGE CAR.

NHTSA ID

11096397

Incident

May 14, 2018

Mileage

27,000 mi

STUCK IN PARK ALMOST EVERY TIME NOW.

NHTSA ID

11084694

Incident

Apr 6, 2018

Mileage

112,000 mi

VEHICLE RANDOMLY WILL NOT SHIFT FROM PARK TO ANY OTHER GEAR. THIS STARTED INFREQUENTLY AND NOW HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HAVE FOUND THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE, CORVETTE FORUMS ARE LOADED WITH THIS COMPLAINT. THE FIX IS A NEW SHIFTER REPLACEMENT. I HAVE CONTACTED GM AND DID NOT GET ANY RELIEF, MY CAR ONLY HAS 33K MILES ON IT.

NHTSA ID

10993355

Incident

Jun 5, 2017

Mileage

33,005 mi

WILL GET STUCK IN PARK. NO WARNING AND WILL DO IT ANYWHERE ANY TIME. THE SERVICE MANUAL HAS TEMPORARY FIX BUT IT DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK EITHER.

NHTSA ID

10992001

Incident

May 28, 2017

Mileage

135,000 mi

PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GETTING STUCK IN PARK. TAKES A MINUTE OR SO TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF PARK AND IN TO GEAR

NHTSA ID

10908604

Incident

Jul 21, 2007

Mileage

34,000 mi

CAR WILL NO LONGER SHIFT OUT OF PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. STARTED HAPPENING AT 20,000 MILES INTERMITTENTLY AND BY 25.000 MILES NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. REPLACEMENT IS IN THE $1000 RANGE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. I HAD TO REMOVE THE CENTER CONSOLE TO ACCESS THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY AND DRILL A HOLE THRU THE LOCK MECHANISM AND TIE 30 LB TEST FISHING LINE THRU THE HOLE AND RUN THE LINE IN TO THE STORAGE AREA AND ON TO A LARGE PLASTIC WASHER. NOW EVERY TIME I WANT TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, NO MATTER WHEN OR WHERE, DOESN'T MATTER, I HAVE TO OPEN THE LID TO THE CONSOLE AND PULL THE WASHER WITH MY RIGHT HAND AND MOVE THE SHIFTER OUT OF PARK WITH MY LEFT HAND.

NHTSA ID

10898729

Incident

Oct 18, 2014

Mileage

20,000 mi

UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF "PARK", HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. SAME SYMPTOMS AS OTHER POSTERS. STARTED AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, NOW HAVE ABOUT 45,000 MILES AND IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 12 TIMES.

NHTSA ID

10892851

Incident

Jul 4, 2016

Mileage

40,000 mi

UNABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF "PARK" LEAVING ME STRANDED. IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, AND HAPPENS 50% OF THE TIME.

NHTSA ID

10888121

Incident

Jul 25, 2015

Mileage

75,000 mi

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CAR HAS 79,000 MILES. USUALLY ABLE TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART THE CAR TO ALLOW IT TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK, AND SOMETIMES CAN BUMP THE SHIFTER TOWARDS THE DASH WITH MY HAND WHICH ALLOWS - SOMEHOW - THE LOCKING MECHANISM TO RELEASE. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY ON FLAT GROUND USUALLY WHEN THIS OCCURS. HAS HAPPENED IN PARKING LOTS, AT HOME, IN DRIVE THROUGHS, ETC.

NHTSA ID

10886008

Incident

Jul 15, 2016

Mileage

79,000 mi

GEAR SHIFTER WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK. AT TIMES IT WILL TAKE UP TO 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL MOVE OUT OF PARK. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS IGNORED MY ONGOING COMPLAINT SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. THEY HAVE OFFERED NO HELP!

NHTSA ID

10871561

Incident

May 29, 2016

AUTOMATIC SHIFTER GETS STUCK ON PARK AND WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK RANDOMLY LEAVING STRANDED DIFFERENT TIMES.

NHTSA ID

10860153

Incident

Apr 17, 2016

Mileage

90,236 mi

AUTOMATIC SHIFTER GETS STUCK IN PARK RANDOMLY.

NHTSA ID

10859869

Incident

Jan 1, 2008

FOR 2 YEARS WHEN PARKED I HAVE BEEN PUSHING SHIFTER FORWARD TO GET IT TO RELEASE FROM PARK. HAPPENS 50 PERCENT OF THE TIME. HAVE 26000 MILES ON CAR. CHEVROLET FIXED ONCE AND LASTED 100 MILES. RESEARCH INTERNET SHOWS ME MANY PEOPLE HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. EXPENSIVE CAR AND CHEVROLET SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. NEVER HAD ANY CAR DO THIS. PROBLEM SEVERITY IS ENOUGH TO SELL CAR AND AVOID CORVETTE.

NHTSA ID

10852108

Incident

Mar 26, 2016

Mileage

26,500 mi

UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK

NHTSA ID

10817360

Incident

Dec 16, 2015

Mileage

102,000 mi

UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND ENGINE RUNNING. HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.

NHTSA ID

10807727

Incident

Nov 21, 2015

Mileage

95,000 mi

SHIFT SOLENOID LOCKS AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE RELEASED FROM PARK

NHTSA ID

10789139

Incident

Nov 2, 2015

Mileage

38,000 mi

IN DECEMBER 2013 THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY LURCHED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR AS I WAS DRIVING AND WOULD NOT PROPERLY UPSHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I LIMPED IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLEARED THE CODE SOMEHOW AND GAVE THE CAR BACK TO ME. I ONLY PUT ABOUT 85 MILES ON THE CAR IN 7 MONTHS WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN IN JUNE 2014.I NURSED IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A BAD TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE(AFTER TELLING ME THE BATTERY AND IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WAS NOT CORRECT). THE BILL WAS $1328. I PICKED UP THE CAR AND DROVE IT HOME WHERE THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS I NEARED MY HOUSE AND THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN LURCHED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR AND WOULDN'T SHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS PROPERLY. AGAIN I NURSED IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIMED THE FIRST MODULE THEY PUT IN WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS DIDN'T SOUND TO ME RIGHT BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD DO AT THIS POINT. I PUT APPROXIMATELY 850 MILES ON THE CAR IN 11 MONTHS AND HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT TIMES WHEN THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK WITHOUT NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. I BROUGHT IT IN MAY 2015 FOR THE HEADLIGHT RECALL AND TOLD THEM OF THE DIFFICULTY GETTING IT OUT OF PARK. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I PUT LESS THAN 200 MILES ON THE CAR IN 4 MONTHS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK IN PARK,IN MY GARAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLE BROKE AS I ATTEMPTED TO GET IT INTO GEAR. THIS WAS SEPTEMBER 2015. THE CAR HAD TO BE JACKED UP AND PUT INTO NEUTRAL UNDERNEATH AND PUSHED OUT OF MY GARAGE SO IT COULD BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS TRIP COST ME $873 FOR A NEW SHIFTER AND SHIFTER CABLE REPLACEMENT. I HAVE NOW READ WHERE THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THE 2005 CORVETTE AND I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE INSTITUTED TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS AT THE MANUFACTURERS EXPENSE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THANK YOU *TR

NHTSA ID

10778145

Incident

Dec 15, 2013

Mileage

28,400 mi